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Randy, welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for the work that you do. Thank you. What's happening?

I would love to know your advice about how to stay out of a long term relationship that you have ended and never go back again.

I'm sorry that just means you don't go back again. You walk out of door. You don't turn around. You don't walk back in the door, even if you're feeling lonely, stupid,

unhappy, confused, confused is usually a lie anyway. People say that to give themselves a leeway. You simply don't do it in spite of a poll to do it. If you know it's a bad idea. Nobody can help you with that.

Nobody can help you with that sweetheart. You just don't do it.

The only irresistible impulse is the one that's not resisted. You can resist any impulse. You can decide not to eat that bonbon.

You can decide not to go back to what you know is bad, dangerous, unhealthy.

That's what every individual ultimately has to rely on.

You want it to be easy. Sorry.

That's what makes it valuable to be able to do. If you can't do the difficult things, then you have to look in the mirror and say you're not worth much, babe. If you can't do the difficult things, you want everything easy or you're going to make bad choices.

Come on. You don't really want to say that to yourself in the mirror. Do you want to try and pick up the phone? Let's go.

No, let's do it. Let's go to a mirror. Okay. I'm looking at my car mirror right now.

Good. Now tell yourself, babe.

Babe. What are you worth?

What are you worth?

If you're only going to make a good choice when it's easy.

You can answer the woman in the mirror. Go ahead. What are you worth?

No. Tell her that's right. You want to be worth not much? That's a choice.

Wow. Wow. It's that simple.

Even through the pain, even through everything just moved through it. Right. Right.

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